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Top Ten Unexplained Phenomena

Top Ten Unexplained Phenomena

10 Bizarre Events and Discoveries Many strange and unexplained events have been documented in modern history, events that raise important questions and baffle world populations. These events are often times initiated by a bizarre archeological discovery, strange recording, or unsolved murder. This article will be describing 10 strange and bizarre world events and discoveries. The humanzee is a hypothetical chimpanzee and human hybrid. Research conducted by J. Many reports have indicated that Oliver prefers human females over chimps. Unexplained Geoglyph The Marree Man, or Stuart's Giant, is an enormous geoglyph discovered by air on June 26, 1998. In the weeks following the discovery, several anonymous press releases suggested that the Marree Man was created by people from the United States. The plaque was discovered in the suggested location. Unexplained Explosion Recorded On July 16, 1945 the first nuclear weapon was tested near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Unexplained Deep Sea Recording

Earth's Mysterious Hum Explained Even planets can get a bad case of tinnitus, according to a new study that explains Earth's mysterious, never-ending hum. Scientists have long known that earthquakes can make the Earth sing like a bell for days or months. However, in the late 1990s, seismologists discovered the world also constantly vibrates at very low frequencies even when there are no quakes. This so-called microseismic activity is too faint for humans to feel. Now, researchers say ocean waves are the culprit behind these mysterious tremors. Many scientists had previously turned to ocean waves to explain our planet's unusual humming. But neither idea could account for the entire range of vibrations seen on earthquake sensors. "I think our result is an important step in the transformation of mysterious noise into an understood signal," lead study author Fabrice Ardhuin, an oceanographer at the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, told Live Science.

Top 10 Mysteries of the Mind by Jeanna Bryner, Live Science Managing Editor | October 09, 2007 01:25pm ET Credit: NIH, NIDA Much of what we don't understand about being human is simply in our heads. The brain is a befuddling organ, as are the very questions of life and death, consciousness, sleep, and much more. Here's a heads-up on what's known and what's not understood about your noggin. Author Bio Jeanna Bryner Before becoming managing editor, Jeanna served as a reporter for Live Science and SPACE.com for about three years. Jeanna Bryner on

Strange Artifacts, The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica Introduction One of the strangest mysteries in archaeology was discovered in the Diquis Delta of Costa Rica. Since the 1930s, hundreds of stone balls have been documented, ranging in size from a few centimetres to over two meters in diameter. Some weigh 16 tons. Almost all of them are made of granodiorite, a hard, igneous stone. These objects are monolithic sculptures made by human hands. Balls in the Courtyard of National Museum, San José, Costa Rica. The spheres number over 300. The stones may have come from the bed of the , to where they were transported by natural processes from sources of parent material in the Talamanca mountains. Debunking the "Mystery" of the Stone Balls by John W. The stone balls of Costa Rica have been the object of pseudoscientific speculations since the publication of Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods in 1971. Hundreds of stone balls have been documented in Costa Rica, ranging in size from a few centimeters to over two meters in diameter. John W. Books

Top 10 Beasts and Dragons: How Reality Made Myth by Ker Than | March 01, 2011 03:39am ET Credit: © Kira Kaplinski | Dreamstime.comDragons are awe-inspiring patchwork creatures found in the myths and legends of cultures all around the world. In Europe, they are nightmarish fire-spewing reptiles, large and lizard-like, with the forked tongue of a snake and wings like a bat. In the legends, they are reviled and feared because they liked to imprison maidens, destroy villages and hoard over mountains of gold. In the ancient cultures of Mexico and South America, a divine feathered serpent known by various names was believed to renew the world after each cycle of destruction. In China, dragons are amphibious creatures that dwell in oceans, lakes, rivers and even raindrops. Despite their differences, many of the mythical dragons found throughout the world all began as vague serpentine ideas modeled after real creatures, beginning with a snake or some other fearsome reptile. Author Bio Ker Than Ker Than on

Countdown: 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe | Untrue Medical Myths & Common Medical Misconceptions Robert Roy Britt | January 24, 2012 10:00am ET Credit: sukiyaki | shutterstock Popular culture is loaded with myths and half-truths. Most are harmless. But when doctors start believing medical myths, perhaps it's time to worry. In 2007, a study published in the British Medical Journal looked into several common misconceptions, from the belief that a person should drink eight glasses of water per day to the notion that reading in low light ruins your eyesight. "We got fired up about this because we knew that physicians accepted these beliefs and were passing this information along to their patients," said Aaron Carroll, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Click on for the top 7 most common medical myths — debunked.

10 Mysterious Urban Legends Based on Video Footage Mysteries An urban legend is a term used to describe a tale that has been passed down over the years. It is usually presented as a true story and evolves over time. The Grifter is an urban legend that began to circulate on the Internet in 2009. It has been said that the video was recorded in the 1930s and portrays a collection of strange pictures and sounds. A few years back a video surfaced on the Internet of a police chase in Garden City, Georgia that has been dubbed the ghost car. The driver was never captured and it was revealed that the area beyond the fence was wooded with no roads. SpongeBob SquarePants is a television show that is extremely popular around the world and has earned more than $8 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon. As the story goes, a disgruntled Scottish animator named Andrew Skinner developed an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants in 2004 named Red Mist. The body language of Squidward is depressed. Chaplin Time Travel Video Cuero, Texas Chupacabra

Case Closed? Columbus Introduced Syphilis to Europe | Sexually Transmitted Diseases | Origin of Syphilis & Syphilis Epidemic In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but when he returned from 'cross the seas, did he bring with him a new disease? New skeletal evidence suggests Columbus and his crew not only introduced the Old World to the New World, but brought back syphilis as well, researchers say. Syphilis is caused by Treponema pallidum bacteria, and is usually curable nowadays with antibiotics. Untreated, it can damage the heart, brain, eyes and bones; it can also be fatal. The first known epidemic of syphilis occurred during the Renaissance in 1495. "Syphilis has been around for 500 years," said researcher Molly Zuckerman at Mississippi State University. Stigmatized disease The fact that syphilis is a stigmatized sexually transmitted disease has added to the controversy over its origins. Armelagos originally doubted the so-called Columbian theory for syphilis when he first heard about it decades ago. Armelagos and his colleagues took a closer look at all the data from these prior reports. In the seafood?

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